Prospectus
Tipton Toddlers
Day Nursery
Contents
Tipton Toddlers Day Nursery is dedicated to the needs of our children and parents. We hope that this is
reflected in our high standard of communication with you.
We want to ensure that you have every opportunity to contact us whenever you need to via telephone or e-mail, or face-to-face at open
days, parent evenings and at the nursery.
Our staff at Tipton Toddlers is there to guide you through the whole process of selecting the right Nursery for you. We will discuss your needs, respond to any questions you might have and help to arrange a visit to Nursery by booking an appointment to suit you. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. You can speak to our team on 0121 448 7973, Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm. Alternatively, you can leave a voicemail outside these hours on 07946 608856, or e-mail us
Tipton Toddlers...... 2
Welcome...... 3
Every Child Matters ...... 4-5
Staff Training ...... 6
Learning through play and Additional Needs ...... 7-8
Managing Behaviour ...... 9
Nutrition Health & Safety . . .10
Tipton Toddlers School Holiday Adventures ...... 11
If you would like to know more about
Tipton Toddlers Day Nursery
call the Childcare Manager
Lisa Checkley
0121 448 7973
or email
View our website www.tiptontoddlers.co.uk
Welcome
to
Tipton Toddlers
The safety and well-being of
the children and staff is our
number one priority.
Thank you for considering Tipton Toddlers Nursery for your childcare needs and we really hope you find the content of this prospectus useful and informative. We understand how important this decision is for you as a parent and we would like to reassure you that our team of knowledgeable, dedicated and friendly staff will help you every step of the way and they will be able to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Please come and see for yourself what we have to offer and book an appointment to have a look around our nursery. Once there, we know you will enjoy seeing all the wonderful facilities we offer and finding out how we create a fun and loving environment to provide the very best in childcare and education. Our nursery offers a ‘home from home’ environment for the children where they are nurtured and motivated to grow as individuals.
Unique to Tipton Toddlers is our team of highly qualified and experienced childcare practitioners and Managers. They work closely with the nursery staff to understand every child's individual needs and tailor their learning and play accordingly.
Above all, we can assure you that once in the nursery your children will be completely safe and secure, but most of all, happy. But please don't take our word for it – come along and see for yourself what others are already enjoying and discovering.
Kerry Whitehouse (Director)
BA Early Years Services
Did you know?
100% of our permanent nursery staff has gained a recognised childcare qualification.
Currently our nursery has been rated as GOOD by Ofsted.
www.ofsted.gov.uk
The learning culture of the organisation remains as important today as it was when it began in 1999. Tipton Toddlers has many success stories to pride itself on. Some employees of the organisation are “home-grown professionals”, having started within the organisation as volunteers and have progressed to degree level qualifications. The nurturing environment given to children does not stop there; it is maintained throughout the staff team as well as the children. Here are some of our accolades to date
· 2014 – Ofsted Good
· 2011 - SMBC - Childcare Business Management Award.
· 2011 - Beacon Radio - Best Nursery in Shropshire & the Black Country Award.
· 2010 - SMBC - Best Out of School Club.
· 2010 - Ofsted - Outstanding grade.
· 2009 - SMBC - Childcare Business Management Award.
· 2009 - Ofsted - Outstanding grade.
· 2008 - SMBC - Volunteer of the year award.
· 2007 - SMBC - Childcare Business Management Award.
· 2007 - PSLA - Accreditation Award (Aiming for quality).
· 2006 - SMBC - Finalist Women in Business Award - (Kerry Whitehouse).
Every Child Matters
stay safe – looking after the children’s welfare and ensuring a safe environment
be healthy – safeguarding and promoting children’s health and well-being
enjoy and achieve – supporting the children in their learning and development
make a positive contribution – working together with parents and encouraging children to play a beneficial part in their nursery and wider community
organisation – ensuring all government policies, procedures and practices are strictly followed
Staying safe
We ensure the safety and security of the premises and equipment by the following means:
Secure perimeters around the nursery and all exits are controlled.
Strict entry procedures with secure door entry.
All equipment used is suitable and safe for the children.
All toys and equipment are checked regularly for safety.
Before opening, the nursery is checked every day by management for potential safety issues.
A fire risk assessment is completed every year.
Our open plan rooms support our safeguarding policy and practice in protecting your child from harm. Effective child protection is essential to Tipton Toddlers. The welfare of every child we look after is paramount and everyone (including all staff, students, volunteers and visitors) has a responsibility to ensure that any areas of concern involving a child who may be at risk of harm, are recognised and
dealt with immediately.
As a childcare provider, we have a moral duty of care to ensure that any concerns or incidents of suspected abuse or harm are reported to Sandwell Local
Safeguarding Children’s Board
(LSCB) without delay.
Parents will be notified of all concerns and referrals unless we are advised differently by the LSCB.
Did you know?
We have banned the use of mobile phones with digital imaging equipment within our nursery, but for emergencies and outings we supply our staff with mobiles that have no recording equipment.
All Tipton Toddlers personnel have an enhanced DBS check. New staff must have two suitable references checked before starting at the nursery and we can ask for additional references where applicable.
All adults collecting children from the nursery will have to be nominated and identified beforehand and will need to quote an agreed password.
A risk assessment for all new and current activities is carried out by nursery staff. They will balance educational gains of an activity against any potential risks involved in doing it.
All children must be signed in and out of the nursery.
Children are checked in and out for outdoor play which ensures that a child is never left unattended.
We have an accident reporting system to record accurate information. This enables us to monitor and thus improving any future processes.
We also carry out routine health and safety inspections as-well as spontaneous checks by
staff and the Local Authority.
Be healthy
We have strict guidelines to
control the administration of
medication.
A minimum of three staff are trained in paediatric first aid in addition to general first-aid trained staff.
Infection control measures are in place including no outdoor shoes in baby rooms and stringent hand-washing procedures in all areas using gels and foams.
Enjoy and achieve
We create an environment that is conducive to learning and each child is assigned a Key Person.
We support the children in their learning through active play and exploration by observing and
assessing them and encouraging
their creative thinking.
Make a positive contribution
We work together with parents to ensure children’s individual needs are met.
Social inclusion is promoted and children are encouraged to behave in a respectful way to others around them.
Organisation
We control the suitability of people within the nursery by adhering to these policies:
Staffing & Employment Policy
Student Placement Policy
Confidentiality Policy
Equality & Diversity Policy
As a parent with a child at Tipton Toddlers, you will receive a regular newsletter from nursery.
All adults collecting children
from the nursery will have to be nominated and identified beforehand and will need to
quote an agreed password.
Visitors are checked into and
out of the nursery.
All policies and procedures can be viewed on request at our nursery.
Organisation
Staff Training
Staff development is paramount
and our Open University initiative
was launched in 2007 offering all
our nursery staff the opportunity to access Higher Education with support from our Early Years & Childcare Unit. Furthermore, our staff is trained in Paediatric First Aid, Safeguarding Children, Food Hygiene and Health & Safety.
Did you know?
Tipton Toddlers receives trusted childcare and family advice from our local Surestart Children’s Centres, Extended School Services and Murray Hall Children & Family Services.
We are currently working with other organisations including Sandwell Quality Early Years & Childcare team, local schools and teachers, to ensure that we keep up to date with current 'best practice' and are capable of offering the very best to your child. We are working with Training Companies and The University of Wolverhampton to offer staff NVQ Level 2 – 6 in Children & Young People’s Workforce and Early Years Services to encourage them to achieve Early Years Professional Status (EYPS). This provides us with a fantastic opportunity to train our own staff from the beginning of their career and help them to progress to senior job roles. Already, the increasing knowledge, skills and abilities of our staff is having a positive impact on Ofsted results as our nursery has obtained a GOOD status in reports.
Communication
We recognise how important it is to keep parents and nursery staff
informed as much as possible and we communicate our news and views to parents via e-mails and nursery newsletters. These are published regularly throughout the year.
EYFS
Early Years Foundation Stage
Play is vital for children. It helps
them to understand the world
around them and to develop socially and emotionally. It is through play that our children learn, develop at their own pace and have fun with adults who understand, support and care about them. We want the
children we care for to feel secure, not pushed or pressured, and to have the confidence to deal with whatever life brings.
Play-Based Framework
We deliver the Early Years Framework in a number of ways, through:
construction and small world play
treasure baskets that contain a variety of different objects to
help stimulate babies’ senses
large and fine motor skills and experiences
literacy and numeracy skills
role play and imaginative
opportunities
water, sand and malleable
experiences
stories, rhymes and songs
mark-making - the marks that
children make through a range of
media, such as paint, water, sand, pencils and the meanings they give to them
creative workshops
outdoor opportunities
exploring and investigating
science and nature
dance, music and sensory
Experiences.
Special educational needs
Delivery of the best childcare and education is made possible by ensuring staff have in-depth knowledge and understanding from their continued professional development and higher-level qualification training. Staff must have the skills, knowledge and enthusiasm to observe, support
and plan for a child's learning
effectively, and by identifying any
additional needs your child may have.
Observation, Planning
and Recording
We believe that careful planning is required to ensure that play is of a high quality. A Key person (member of staff) is assigned to your child to ensure that they are engaging in the right kind of activities. This helps to plan future experiences and opportunities to build your child’s
knowledge, skills and abilities which will lead to new learning and development. Observations of each child are evaluated and linked to the Early Years Foundation Stage which
allows for every child's individual
development to be monitored and their progress recorded in their individual Learning Journal. This is a record of your child’s interests, significant achievements and development throughout their time with us and we encourage you to access your child’s journal at any time.
Significant observations
These can be significant moments that have been observed either at nursery or within the home environment. The Key Person, other team members, parents, grandparents or anyone else in contact with your child can contribute and they are detailed observations of the play and experiences your child engages in.
Photographs and significant
examples of work
These will help to highlight
what your child enjoys in the
nursery and where their learning
is progressing.
Learning Journals
These focus on your child’s
particular interests based on the
observations made by the Key
Person and yourselves. It is this
information that helps the Key
Person to plan experiences that
support the interests and
future learning of your child.
Key Person
Research has shown that a Key
Person approach is the most effective way of ensuring that children develop a strong relationship with a significant
adult in the nursery. The Key Person approach gives every child the reassurance to feel secure and cared for, helping them to become familiar with the nursery environment and to feel confident and safe within it. We recognise every child's individuality, efforts and achievements and believe that relationships between adults and children are crucial for the child's happiness and security. The Key Person meets the needs of each child in their care and responds
sensitively to their feelings, ideas and behaviour.
Partnership with Parents
We believe that parents are the
primary educators of their children and should be centrally involved in their child's experiences and development.
Effective communication means
a two-way flow of information, knowledge and expertise between parents and staff. Staff is always available to give feedback about your child’s day and talk about significant events with you.